"Oh." Ange responded and then turned to walk back. After a distance, he stopped, looking towards a sand dune nearby.
Behind the sand dune, Ange found five shivering children and an unconscious female mage.
"Huh, are these the street kids? Did you run out? Why are there only five left? Where are the others? And who is she?" Negris asked.
Ange recognized them too, including the little girl who had given him cemetery grass earlier.
Apparently recognizing Ange, the street kids started replying all at once. There were about nine of them in total, four of whom were captured, leaving only the five of them.
As for the female mage, they didn't know who she was either. She had fainted near their dwelling last night, then woke briefly not long ago, led them away, and then fainted again here.
The five street children were too weak to carry an adult and could only drag her behind the sand dune to hide.
